Atypoides riversi
| Atypoides riversi | |
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| Atypoides riversi turret | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Antrodiaetidae |
| Genus: | Atypoides |
| Species: | A. riversi
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| Binomial name | |
| Atypoides riversi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Antrodiaetus riversi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883) | |
Atypoides riversi, known as turret spider,[2] is a species of mygalomorph spider in the family Antrodiaetidae.[1] It is a medium-sized spider native to Northern California that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation and silk. This spider's length is 13 to 18 millimetres (0.51 to 0.71 in) long, though females are larger than males.[2]
Gallery[]
Plugged turret in northern California
Turret, with spiderling turrets, northern California.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Taxon details Atypoides riversi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ a b "Turret Spider". insectidentification.org.
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